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Rock on for Fairey

Fairey announce appointment of Richard Rock as their new Arranger in Residence.

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The Fairey Band has announced that they have appointed Dr Richard Rock as their new Arranger in Residence.

Important

A spokesperson told 4BR: "Richard has played an important part of the development of the band's repertoire over the past year or so, and several of his compositions and arrangements are featured on a new CD due out in the autumn called “Fairey Tales- Volume 1."

Richard was the arranger of all tracks on Fairey's successful follow up Acid Brass CD, ‘Acid Brass 2 – In Yer Face!

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